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The Hard Truth About the Abolition of Slavery

British satirist and cultural commentator Konstantin Kisin — author of An Immigrant’s Love Letter to the West (2022) — recently…

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Texas Trounces California in Energy Production—But the Policy Gap Is Closing

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright recently summed up the new federal approach: “We are unabashedly pursuing a policy of more…

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Why ‘Eating the Rich’ Undermines Everyone’s Prosperity

A recent report from The Heritage Foundation argues that “the wealthy” are not “idle idols” but are instead owners and…

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Fed Goes Back to Basics with Framework Revisions

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announced changes to the Fed’s monetary policy framework in his remarks at the annual Jackson…

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Inflation Declined in July

New data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis show that inflation ticked down in July. The Personal Consumption Expenditures Price…

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‘Emergency’ Tariffs (Mostly) Struck Down

Heading into Labor Day weekend, the news was abuzz with low gas prices, the ending of de minimis tariff exemptions,…

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Only Lobbying and Self-Deception Can Keep Tariffs Alive

In early 2025, National Review reported that lobbying expenditures on tariffs had jumped an astonishing 277 percent over the prior…

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Are We Doomed to Repeat Economic History, Even When We Know It?

I regret it, but George Santayana’s famous statement, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” is…

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Economic Measurement and the Mirage of Exactness

In contentious political environments, economic data rarely stand as objective measures. They are transformed into talking points and wielded to…

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Bolivia’s Defeat of Socialism Signals a Continental Realignment

It took 20 years to defeat Evo Morales’s Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) in Bolivia through elections. Two decades of political…

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